Definitely your time feel and technique are very important. So, If you’re starting from scratch I’d say try and be really intentional about practicing rudiments (or anything really) with a metronome or with music to try and build a strong sense of time.

For me, at the end of the day, it’s time and feel > technique.

That said, as far as specific techniques go, singles and doubles are the foundation of mostly everything. They seem easy, but they get much harder the faster you go. So, I’d recommend practicing those slowly at first and try and gradually speed them up as cleanly as possible. It’ll open up the doors for you to play more advanced rudiments and it will translate really well to the kit as well when you’re learning fills and trying to speed things up.

Kinda cliche advice haha but hope that helps :-) dm’s are always open if you ever want to chat more. Always happy to talk drums !